BRITAIN ROYAL

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, joins her aunt, Princess Alice, centre, and her sister, Princess Margaret, outside Kensington Palace in London, Wednesday Dec. 12, 2001, for a party to honour Princess Alice's forthcoming 100th birthday. It was a rare public appearance for the Princess who, as she approaches her 100th birthday on Christmas Day, is frail but in good spirits.(AP Photo/Fiona Hanson/pool)